Javier Ocampo López Explained
| Honorific Prefix: | dr. |
| Javier Ocampo López |
| Honorific Suffix: | Doctor Honoris Causa en Ciencias Sociales (2007) |
| Birth Date: | 19 June 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Aguadas, Caldas, Colombia |
| Citizenship: | Colombian |
| Fields: | History, Colombian folklore, religion, mythology |
| Workplaces: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Thesis Title: | Las ideas de un día. El pueblo mexicano ante la consumación de su independencia |
| Thesis Year: | 1969 |
| Known For: | Historical biographies, Colombian folklore books |
| Awards: | Premio Nacional de Historia, Mexico (1968)
Premio Nacional de Literatura "José María Vergara y Vergara", Colombia (1975) |
| Children: | Olga Lucía, María Teresa, Jorge Enrique, Ángela María, Laura Cristina |
Javier Ocampo López (born 19 June 1939) is a Colombian historian, writer, folklorist and professor. He has been important in the fields of Colombian folklore and history of Latin America and Colombia, especially contributing on the department of Boyacá, the homeland of the Muisca and their religion and mythology.[1] [2] [3] He wrote exclusively in Spanish.[4]
Biography
Javier Ocampo López was born in Aguadas, a village famous for the pasillo (a Colombian type of waltz), in the department of Caldas in west-central Colombia to parents Francisco Ocampo Gutiérrez and Doña Teresa López Hurtado. He has one brother, Fabio. In 1956 he finished his secondary education as best student of his class. Ocampo has played the clarinet since the age of twelve and was a member of the music group of his village of birth.
Ocampo began his higher studies in 1956 at the Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Económicas ("Faculty of Social and Economical Sciences") of the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia. He obtained his degree in social sciences.
Ocampo López obtained his PhD at El Colegio de México in 1969 with his thesis titled Las ideas de un día. El pueblo mexicano ante la consumación de su independencia ("Ideas of one day. The Mexican people before the consummation of their independence").
Over the course of 57 years, Ocampo López has been the author of 100 books, co-authored 47, and published 200 studies in specialized literature and national and international newspapers.[5]
In 1960 he taught at the Colegio Nacional Académico in Cartago (Valle del Cauca). From 1963 he taught at the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia in Tunja.[5]
Ocampo wrote several biographies about Colombian historical figures; presidents, generals and others; Antonio Villavicencio,[6] Julián Trujillo Largacha,[7] Santos Gutiérrez,[8] María Antonia Santos Plata,[9] Manuel Antonio Sanclemente,[10] Eustorgio Salgar,[11] Gustavo Rojas Pinilla,[12] Manuel Rodríguez Torices,[13] Antonio José de Sucre,[14] José Miguel Pey,[15] José Manuel Marroquín,[16] Carlos Holguín,[17] José de Obaldía,[18] José Eusebio Otálora.[19]
A public library in his birthplace Aguadas has been named in his honour.[20]
Works
This list is a selection.[3] [4]
Books
- 2013 – Mitos y leyendas indígenas de Colombia[3]
- 2011 – El proceso ideológico de la independencia[3]
- 2007 – Grandes culturas indígenas de América[3]
- 2006 – El folclor y las fiestas en Colomba[3]
- 2006 – Mitos, leyendas y relatos colombianos[21]
- 2001 – Mitos y leyendas de Antioquia la Grande[22]
- 1996 – Leyendas populares colombianas[23]
- 1977 – El pueblo boyacense y su folclor[24]
Articles
- 1993 – Fiestas religiosas y romerías. El abigarrado mundo de las devociones populares en Colombia[25]
- 1974 – El proceso ideológico de la emancipación[26]
- 1970 – La artesanía popular boyacense y su importancia en la geografía turística y económica[27]
See also
Notes and References
- Ocampo López, 2013, Mitos y leyendas indígenas de Colombia, Ch.1–28, p.15-146
- Ocampo López, 2007, Grandes culturas indígenas de América, Ch.V, p.189-236
- Curriculum Vitae – Javier Ocampo López – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82-31886/ List of works by Javier Ocampo López
- Javier Ocampo, 'Señor historiador' con más de 100 libros de su autoría – 2013 – El Tiempo – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography Antonio Villavicencio – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography Julián Trujillo Largacha – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography Santos Gutiérrez – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography Antonia Santos Plata – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography Manuel Antonio Sanclemente – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography Eustorgio Salgar – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography Gustavo Rojas Pinilla – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography Manuel Rodríguez Torices – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography Antonio José de Sucre – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography José Miguel Pey – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography José Manuel Marroquín – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography Carlos Holguín – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography José de Obaldía – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biography José Eusebio Otálora – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Biblioteca pública Javier Ocampo López – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Javier Ocampo López – Mitos, leyendas y relatos colombianos – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Javier Ocampo López – Mitos y leyendas de Antioquia la Grande – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Jorge Ocampo López – Leyendas populares colombianas – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Javier Ocampo López – El pueblo boyacense y su folclor – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- Fiestas religiosas y romerías. El abigarrado mundo de las devociones populares en Colombia – Banco de la República – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- El proceso ideológico de la emancipación – Retrieved 23 April 2016
- La artesanía popular boyacense y su importancia en la geografía turística y económica – Retrieved 23 April 2016
